Chapter 328: Blackburn Rovers

The night permeated the Spanish dome of the Long Island Manor Castle, and the crystal chandelier cast tiny streams of light on Anxi's eyelashes.

She lifted her nightgown and stepped barefoot across the Persian carpet. The shadows under the light of the corridor wall lamp seemed to be gnawing at the gilded vines on the pillars.

This reminded her of Milo's gentle but meaningful smile when he stroked the top of her head when she first arrived at the manor tonight.

Anxi Liu walked to the west hall and saw several maids guarding the door.

Even headed by Mrs. Solly, the housekeeper who was said to have taken care of Milo when he was a child.

"Good evening, Miss Anxi Liu, what can I do for you?" Mrs. Soli said to her gently.

"I, I can't sleep." Anxi Liu whispered, "I asked people. They said my mother is here. I want to come and see her."

"Nonsense." Suo Li said in a low voice, but it didn't seem to be directed at An Xi Liu.

She continued to smile gently: "Ms. Xiao An Liu is indeed inside. But what do you want? Is it something that must be addressed to Xiao An Liu?"

An Xi is actually fine.

She just couldn't sleep, so she went out for a walk, but this place was too big and too unfamiliar.

She subconsciously wanted to go to her mother. After all, she had never left her mother since she was born.

Her sister was crying again, and she was upset, so she came out to find her mother.

Hearing Mrs. Soli say this, he hesitated.

An Xi still whispered: "There is something. My mother is in there? Can I go in?"

Mrs. Soli frowned, and when An Xi was so nervous that she could hardly speak and was about to leave.

The housekeeper smiled.

"sure."

Then Mrs. Solly nodded to the maids behind her, and the maids opened the door and Mrs. Solly signaled that she could go in.

At this moment.

To be honest, An Xi already felt a little regretful.

But at this moment, both Mrs. Soli and the maids were staring at her.

The door was opened for myself.

An Qian felt like she was in a dilemma and had no choice but to go in.

She had no choice but to bite the bullet, lower her head, and slowly move towards the door.

It took more than ten seconds to get through the door, and there was a small corridor inside.

As soon as she entered, the door was closed from the outside.

It also scared her.

Now that she had come this far, An Xi knew she could only move forward.

In front of her was a carved door. She slowly approached and through the gap in the carved door, she saw the twelve Venetian mirrors inside that refracted the light from the crystal chandelier into countless diamond-shaped fragments.

I also saw my mother in her ivory silk nightgown, which rippled with mother-of-pearl in the light and shadow.

Not only her mother,

There were also several figures wrapped in tulle, walking and jumping to the music.

When she caught sight of Milo in the crowd, she saw what he was doing.

An Xi couldn't help but take a step back in shock.

The cloisonné vase that she accidentally knocked over when she backed away rolled on the carpet with a muffled sound, but the lapis lazuli fragments exploded like thunder in her eardrums.

It's over! An Qian thought, and sure enough, someone inside said "Eh!"

A few seconds later, when Sophie pushed open the door, the candlelight just licked Anxi's white collarbone.

"Who is it?" He came over when Milo's voice came.

His fingertips were still stained with the pomegranate red from Liu Li's lips, which was now condensed into blood beads hanging in front of An Xi's eyes.

"It's Anxi."

He smiled and said, "Forget it, it's still too small. Go away."

An Xi subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and the door over there was closed.

Logically speaking, she should leave now.

But for some reason, An Xi felt a rebellious feeling in her heart at this moment.

Why should I leave?

Didn't you say you've already reserved me?

What's the difference between earlier and later? You Americans are so perverted. I didn't know it before, but I know it now!

She didn't leave, but chose to stay, but she didn't dare to go in, so she stood at the door...

————Or the dividing line where I shouldn’t continue writing————

Time is something that is not a thing.

It disappears quickly.

Soon, Christmas of 1998 was over.

1999 is here.

Along with the emergence of 1999 came the rampant doomsday prophecies on the Internet.

The most famous is what the French prophet Nostradamus wrote in his 16th-century collection of poems, The Centuries:

"In 1999, in the seventh month, the King of Terror will descend from the sky and resurrect King Anglomowa. The God of War will rule the four directions in the name of happiness."

This prophecy was interpreted by some as a devastating disaster that would occur in July 1999, such as an asteroid impact, nuclear war or alien invasion.

But scholars generally believe that Nostradamus's poems are vague and full of metaphors, and may refer to historical events such as the French Revolution, or symbolic scenes, rather than specific doomsday prophecies.

The second most famous doomsday prophecy is related to religion. The "millennium" is often associated with the Last Judgment.

Although 2000 was strictly speaking the new millennium, 1999 became a focus of anxiety as the "end of the century".

And there are indeed some extreme sects or individuals who preach "Judgment Day."

For example, America’s own Heaven’s Gate sect committed mass suicide in 1997. Although not directly linked to 1999, it reflected the doomsday mood of the time.

There are even many areas in the United States where people are hoarding supplies, building shelters, and so on.

Although Milo knew that the doomsday prophecy of 1999 would soon become a complete joke and would be forgotten by people, only occasionally mentioned in jokes.

But people's doomsday complex is not so easy to fade away.

If 1999 is gone, there will be 2012... If 2012 is fine, there will be 2025 or something like that.

But that's all for the future.

Normal people continue to enjoy life and pursue a better life.

So Milo received a visitor in his office.

"Hi James, nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Blackburn."

The person who came was James Cameron, an international director who set a global box office record last year and was known as a big ship that crashed into all film markets around the world, a guy who was so arrogant that he shouted "I am the king of the world" at the Oscars ceremony.

But now, this Oscar-winning "King of the World" is as well-behaved in front of Milo as a primary school student meeting his teacher.

"Whiskey coffee or tea?"

“Can I have a cup of coffee?”

"Then coffee."

"Thanks."

After the greetings, I looked at this guy who has established himself as one of the top three directors in the world because of "Titanic".

Milo got straight to the point: "James, as you know, there are two main reasons why I asked you to come here. The first is that I recently acquired Hasbro. Hasbro has a toy called Transformers. I wonder if you know about it?"

In 1984, in order to expand into the international market, Japan's toy company TAKARA cooperated with Hasbro, which had extensive distribution channels in the United States.

TAKARA is responsible for providing toys, and Hasbro is responsible for sales strategy.

At that time, TAKARA had two transformable robot products: "MSI Robot" and "Diamond Tornado".

At first, their settings were very popular, and they were robots that needed to be operated by humans.

Later, in order to enter the American market, they took a unique approach and directly set these toys as living robots.

Hasbro set these toys as two major factions from the alien planet Cybertron: the Autobots who guard the peace of the universe and the Decepticons who attempt to dominate the universe, collectively known as Transformers.

And now, Hasbro is part of Paladin Media.

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"Of course I've heard of it." Cameron smiled. "Do you want me to bring it to the screen? Make a live-action movie?"

Before James Cameron came, someone on Milo's side naturally informed him.

Cameron already knew everything, including the purpose of Milo inviting him over.

Milo nodded and looked at Cameron and said, "Yes, that's the first thing. The second thing is about a new audio-visual technology, which I call naked-eye 3D movie technology. My company is working with several laboratories to study them. Here is the information, maybe you will be interested."

Yes, even James Cameron.

That was all the time he had to see Milo now.

Just get straight to the point and hand it over to him. Then someone will naturally contact him, and in most cases he won't dare to refuse.

This is Milo's current situation in the United States. Few people dare to refuse the request of a core member of a consortium.

Even Morgan and Rockefeller would think carefully, not to mention a Hollywood director? Because for Milo now, Paladin Media is often just a tool.

Unlike Murdoch and others, media groups are their lifeline.

So he asked James Cameron to come and help him shoot Transformers.

Once Transformers are released, naked-eye 3D technology can be put on the agenda.

Of course it’s the movie Avatar.

Although Avatar doesn't necessarily require Cameron to make it.

But among so many great directors in the world, Cameron is indeed the one who is the most persistent and has the keenest vision in terms of technology.

Since there is such a good route to rely on.

Then Milo naturally chose Cameron.

Besides, for him, it was just a matter of a phone call and a meeting.

Even though Cameron is in high spirits now.

Two days later, just as Milo was about to return to New York from Los Angeles.

However, he received a call from the UK and learned a piece of news that surprised him at first but was reasonable.

The Windsor family intended to grant him a noble title because of his contribution to Britain.

Paladin Investments and Paladin Media have many employees in the UK. Paladin Investments, in particular, controls many UK companies.

Many of these British companies were once state-owned enterprises in the United Kingdom, and they can affect about 100,000 employees.

So according to convention, perhaps the Windsor family wanted to win over and show goodwill to one of the young American Tianlong people.

Before it is announced to the public.

The Windsors contacted Milo through the Duke of Argay.

In the office, Milo was smiling and drinking coffee calmly while talking on the phone with the granddaughter of the Duke of Argyle in England.

"It's surprising that my contribution to the British Isles doesn't seem to be that great?"

"That's not surprising, Milo. Apart from other aspects, your company has provided at least 100,000 jobs here. This is enough for Windsor to give you a knighthood."

"From now on, you have to call me Lord Blackburn?"

"Ha, ha, ha, if you like. All right then, dear Lord Blackburn!"

"Ha, that sounds great!"

In London, Irene blinked her beautiful big eyes and said playfully.

Although her grandfather was a duke, his rank was much higher than the knighthood that the royal family wanted to grant to Milo.

But she was still sincerely happy for Milo because it represented the royal family's recognition of Milo.

More importantly, Milo is now about to have a title, and can barely be considered a member of their ancient aristocratic alliance.

If she continued to be his lover, that would be in true British tradition.

Milo chuckled, "What should I call you, then, Lady Sir?"

"Your words don't count. You have to ask my father if he agrees." Irene replied coquettishly.

Milo chuckled and said domineeringly: "Your father has to agree even if he disagrees. Is there another son-in-law as good as this in the world?"

Irene wanted to refute him and say that he was arrogant, but when she thought about it carefully, there were almost no people of his age who had the same status or achievements as him.

Even if there are any, they are all historical figures, famous heroes and great men.

I don't want to make him too happy, mainly because he's not around.

Irene deliberately chose to change the subject.

"So, Milo, are you going to accept the royal knighthood?"

Milo smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course, even if I abandon my assets in the UK, I can't abandon you. Since you are destined to have a deeper connection with the UK, it will be much easier to accept the royal title, although this title of knight is not precious."

Although she knew that Milo was deliberately coaxing her, women are all the same and they all like to hear sweet words from their loved ones.

Irene felt happy in her heart, and her voice became gentler, "Huh, that's really nice to say."

Let’s get back to the topic.

As Milo said, the title of Sir is not precious, and here we have to mention the British honor system.

The British honor system is particularly complicated. I won’t go into details about the others, but will just talk about the distinction between lord and knight.

Lord is an honorific title for the five levels of British nobility: duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron. In fact, there is no such title as Lord, which is a blind spot for many people.

Apart from the hereditary nobility since ancient times, almost all the nobles in the UK today are lifelong nobility.

The lifelong peers and the barons among the hereditary peers are of the same rank, so they also enjoy the honorific title of lord.

But with Jazz, there is a clear difference.

In the hierarchy of the honor system, Knight is a class below Baronet and above Gentleman; like Gentleman and Baronet, he does not belong to the nobility.

The Queen can confer knighthood on anyone from any country.

However, only the subjects of the Queen of England, including British citizens and citizens of some Commonwealth countries, have the right to enjoy the title of "Sir".

For example, Lee Kim Choi is a citizen of South Korea. The Queen of England can grant him the title of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, but Lee Kim Choi cannot call himself Sir Lee Kim Choi because he is not loyal to the Queen of England.

Therefore, foreigners who have made contributions to the UK are almost always awarded knighthoods, not noble titles. Even if they are awarded noble titles, they cannot use the title of nobility because they are not loyal to the Queen of England.

However, Milo is an American with dual British and American citizenship.

Legally speaking, he can barely be considered a subject of the Queen of England, so once he accepts the title from the Queen of England, in addition to the title, he can also use the title of nobleman or knight.

It's okay for others to call him Lord Blackburn.

(End of this chapter)